You Ask Respondents to Rank Order Three Television Programs

question 34

True/False

You ask respondents to rank order three television programs.You then average the rankings for each program and report that:
LostAverage ranking: 1.5
FringeAverage ranking: 2.0
Grey's AnatomyAverage ranking: 2.5
Assuming the math is correct,this is an appropriate way to report ordinal level data.

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